The global final will feature its 50 best bartenders from around the world compete in a series of challenges staged around the country that will…
The global final will feature its 50 best bartenders from around the world compete in a series of challenges staged around the country that will…
The Drinks International-organised award ceremony was presented by cocktail historian David Wondrich and World’s 50 Best Bars editor, Lucy Britner. Here is a selection of the pictures from he event: One Mayfair readies for the World’s 50 Best Bars ceremony Alex Kratena celebrates Artesian’s double win (World’s Best Bar and UK’s Best Bar) Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon…
Nine UK bartenders fought out a close UK final at London venue Perkin Reveller, but Mitchell won over judges with his ‘classic’ Clover Club and ‘contemporary drink with a twist’, Covent Club. Judging the competition was Beefeater global brand ambassadors Tim Stones and Seb Hamilton-Mudge and Emma Stokes from blog site, Gin Monkey. Mitchell’s Classic Clover Club was a mix of 40ml Beefeater Dry gin, 20ml…
The results of the annual industry poll were announced at a ceremony at One Mayfair in London last night, before a throng of 500 of the world’s best bartenders and bar owners, including those from 37 of the top 50 bars in the 2013 list. Artesian, which is run by Alex Kratena and Simone Caporale (top image left-right), heads up a strong London contingent in…
Flannery’s winning cocktail was: Cherry Heering, Siete Leguas blanco tequila, fresh pineapple juice, fresh tangerine juice, fresh lime juice, Benedictine, Green Chartreuse, Dale De Groff Pimento Bitters and Del Maguey Chichicapa mescal mist. The contenders were challenged to create their own interpretation of the classic cocktail, The Singapore Sling, which is said to have created sometime before 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon, a Hainanese bartender…
The annual ceremony, now in its seventh year, celebrates the best of the German-speaking bar world and is run by Mixology magazine. Heissen, of the Curtain Club at the Ritz-Carlton (Berlin) and last year’s Host of the Year, took the awards’ top individual prize for 2014, Mixologist of the Year. Spirits won German Bar of the Year, Dino’s American Bar was Austrian Bar of the…
Organised by The Sherry Institute of Spain, the multi-bar trail highlights the burgeoning Sherry scene in the UK capital. Each participating bar offers tapas to match their Sherry menu and are running a loyalty card promotion over the two-week period. To take part in the Sherry Trail, Londoners have to visit one of the participating bars (see list below) to collect a loyalty card, and…
Organised by the team behind Mixology magazine, the October 8-9 show now takes place at Station Berlin, Luckenwalder Str. 4–6, 10963 Berlin station-berlin.de Since its launch in 2007 Bar Convent Berlin has evolved into one of the year’s most important networking and exhibitors’ events for the German and central European bar industry. The event’s comprehensive programme includes a stellar line-up of speakers, tastings, talks…
